Chapter 11. Recording Performances On The Rs-5/9 To An External Device; Recording To An External Sequencer; Connecting To An External Sequencer; Making Settings Before Recording - Roland RS-5 Owner's Manual

Chapter 11. Recording Performances on the
Recording to an External
Sequencer
Now, try using an external sequencer to record your music
onto multiple tracks, and then play back the recorded
performance.
Connecting to an External
Sequencer
fig.R11-01exp
MIDI IN
MIDI IN MIDI OUT
RS-5/9
1. Before starting the connection procedure, make sure that
the power to all devices has been turned off.
2. After reading "Connecting the RS-5/9 to external
equipment" (p. 14), connect an audio device/system or
headphones.
3. Connect the RS-5/9 and the external sequencer as shown
in the figure.
4. As described in "Turning On the Power" (p. 15), turn on
the power of each device.

Making Settings Before Recording

When recording to an external sequencer, the following steps
must be carried out.
• Set the RS-5/9's Local Control to OFF (refer to the next
section).
• Turn on the external sequencer's Thru function (p. 125).
• Set the Performance (p. 125).
• Set the Device ID number (p. 125).
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RS-5/9 to an External Device
MIDI OUT
MIDI Sequencer
Setting the RS-5/9's Local Control to OFF
The setting that determines whether the keyboard controller
section (p. 62) and sound generator section are separated is
referred to as "Local Control."
When Local Control is on, playing the keyboard will produce
sound, and moving the pitch bend lever will control the pitch.
When Local Control is off, playing the keyboard will not
produce sound, and moving the pitch bend lever will not
control pitch. The sound source of the RS-5/9 will produce
sound only in response to messages received from an
external MIDI device.
fig.R11-02exp
Sequencer
Recording
Set to Thru
Function On.
MIDI IN MIDI OUT
MIDI OUT MIDI IN
Set to
While at this setting,
Local Off.
the RS-5/9's keyboard
and controllers are
disconnected from
the sound generating
Keyboard Controller
section, so they will not
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directly control it.
RS-5/9
The performance data from the RS-5/9's keyboard controller
section is output from the MIDI OUT connector and recorded
by the sequencer. This performance data is then also output
back to the RS-5/9 from the sequencer's MIDI OUT
connector and played by the RS-5/9's sound generator.
If Local Control were ON, each note would be played twice;
once by the musical data from the keyboard controller
section, and once again by the data sent from the sequencer.
In order to prevent such double triggering, the Local Control
setting is turned off to separate the keyboard controller
section from the sound source section.
The Local Control setting affects the RS-5/9 as a whole (i.e.,
is a system setting). This setting remains stored in memory
even while the power is off.
1. Press [EDIT], getting the indicator to light.
2. Use VALUE [-]/[+] to select "System Setup."
All performance data
that arrives at MIDI IN
will be output from
MIDI OUT.
Sound Generating
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